All Outputs (22)

Disability in EU transport legislation (2020)
Book Chapter

Equal access to transport plays a key role in facilitating independent living and participation in society and in realising the full enjoyment of other human rights, including the right to education and employment. The accessibility of transport goes... Read More about Disability in EU transport legislation.

Beyond negative interpretations of freedom of contract: The interplay between private law and human rights in light of the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (2020)
Book Chapter

How should the concept of ‘freedom of contract’ be understood in a way that is compatible with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)? With a focus on English contract law, this discussion challenges negative interpretati... Read More about Beyond negative interpretations of freedom of contract: The interplay between private law and human rights in light of the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities .

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and English Contract Law: A Tale of Unfinished Bridges? (2020)
Journal Article

Contract law has a multidimensional role permeating the economic and social spheres of life, connecting people in mutual relations. Despite its potential, contract law is largely overlooked by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilit... Read More about The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and English Contract Law: A Tale of Unfinished Bridges?.

Agency contracts and the scope of the incapacity defence in English contract law: a topic too hot to handle? (2020)
Journal Article

This article assesses the impact of a principal's mental incapacity on agency agreements in English contract law and calls for an approach compatible with the values pursued by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Art.49 Accessible Format (2018)
Book Chapter

This chapter examines Article 49 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The importance of Article 49 CRPD is threefold. Firstly, it facilitates the dissemination of the CRPD by requiring that the Conventio... Read More about Art.49 Accessible Format.

Art.21 Freedom of Expression and Opinion, and Access to Information (2018)
Book Chapter

This chapter examines the effectiveness of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in promoting and protecting the equal right of persons with disabilities to freedom of expression and opinion and access to inf... Read More about Art.21 Freedom of Expression and Opinion, and Access to Information.

Redefining contractual capacity? the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the incapacity defence in English contract law (2017)
Journal Article

How can the incapacity defence in contract law coexist with the concept of universal legal capacity advanced by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)? In the absence of clear guidance from the CRPD on the link between le... Read More about Redefining contractual capacity? the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the incapacity defence in English contract law.

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: ensuring full and equal access to information (2015)
Book Chapter

Disability and Information Technology: A Comparative Study in Media Regulation (2013)
Book

Disability and Information Technology examines the extent to which regulatory frameworks for information and communication technologies (ICTs) safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities as citizenship rights. It adopts a comparative approach f... Read More about Disability and Information Technology: A Comparative Study in Media Regulation.

A Hierarchy of Disability Rights? A Comparative Examination of the Regulation of Digital Television in the United States of America and the United Kingdom (2009)
Journal Article

Digital Video Broadcasting Project (2009)
Book Chapter

Distributed Management Task Force, Inc (2009)
Book Chapter

ECMA International (2009)
Book Chapter

Institute Of Electrical And Electronic Engineers, Inc (2009)
Book Chapter

Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc (2009)
Book Chapter

Non-governmental organizations, transnational business associations, private standard-setting bodies, public-private partnerships, and institutionalized incentive schemes now occupy a central place in the regulation and governance of transnational ec... Read More about Advanced Television Systems Committee, Inc.

‘Reality Television’ and Content Regulation – Perspectives and Challenges (2009)
Journal Article

Disability Rights in the Communications Sector: An Examination of Digital Television Regulation in the United Kingdom (2008)
Journal Article

Effective access to information is crucial in facilitating the participation of citizens in civic society. While digital technology has brought significant benefits (e.g. an increased number of channels, superior quality of image and sound), techno... Read More about Disability Rights in the Communications Sector: An Examination of Digital Television Regulation in the United Kingdom.

The Protection of Age and Disability Rights in the Regulation of Digital Television in the European Union (2008)
Journal Article

This article questions the extent to which the regulatory framework for electronic communications in the European Union safeguards the rights of elderly people and disabled people in the digital television (DTV) sector and seeks to determine whether... Read More about The Protection of Age and Disability Rights in the Regulation of Digital Television in the European Union.

Grounded? Air Passenger Rights in the European Union (2007)
Book Chapter

Social Regulation in the Air Transport Industry – An Examination of Regulation 1107/2006 concerning the Rights of Disabled Persons and Persons with Reduced Mobility when travelling by Air (2007)
Journal Article

The regulation of the air transport industry has implications for individuals not just in their capacity as consumers, but also as citizens. Transport goes beyond the mere provision of an economic service and enables us to be actively involved in eco... Read More about Social Regulation in the Air Transport Industry – An Examination of Regulation 1107/2006 concerning the Rights of Disabled Persons and Persons with Reduced Mobility when travelling by Air.